Will “Caller” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Supervise staff and games and mediate disputes.

• Exchange paper currency for playing chips or coins.

• Start gaming equipment that randomly selects numbered balls and announce winning numbers and colors.

• Open or close cash floats or game tables.

• Record the number of tickets cashed and the amount paid out after each race or event.

• Prepare collection reports for submission to supervisors.

• Sell food, beverages, or tobacco to players.

• Collect bets in the form of cash or chips, verifying and recording amounts.

• Operate games in which players bet that a ball will come to rest in a particular slot on a rotating wheel, performing actions such as spinning the wheel and releasing the ball.

• Inspect cards or equipment to be used in games to ensure they are in proper condition.

• Answer questions about game rules or casino policies.

• Check to ensure that all players have placed their bets before play begins.

• Deliver tickets, cards, and money to bingo callers.

• Collect cards or tickets from players.

• Conduct gambling tables or games, such as dice, roulette, cards, or keno, and ensure that game rules are followed.

• Pay off or move bets as established by game rules and procedures.

• Compare the house hand with players' hands to determine the winner.

• Compute and verify amounts won or lost, paying out winnings or referring patrons to workers, such as gaming cashiers, so that winnings can be collected.